1) What a thunder clap these words were to me!

Oh! the wretches; that was what they had put up at the town-hall!
i. What does the word ‘thunderclap’ refer to?
A) Thunderclap refers to something startling or unexpected.
ii. The narrator mumbled- “Oh the wretches” - he said so because after the
announcement he finds himself ___.
(a) inadequate (b) unfortunate (c) confident (d)
courageous
iii. Which figure of speech from those given below is being used by the author in the line,
“What a thunderclap
these words were to me!”
(a) Simile (b) Personification (c) Metaphor (d)
Hyperbole
iv. Pick out the option that correctly describes the author’s feelings when he heard the
news.
1. Shocked 2. Surprised 3. Guilty
4. Jealousy 5. Elated 6. Disapproval
(a) 2, 4, and 5 (b) 1, 3, and 6 (c) 1, 2, and 3 (d) 4,
5, and 6
v. The given extract is from _____. The Last Lesson
vi. Who is the author of the given extract? Alphonse Daudet

2) Savita, a young girl in a drab pink dress, sits alongside an elderly woman soldering
pieces of glass. As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine, I wonder if
she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make. It symbolises an Indian woman’s
suhaag, auspiciousness in marriage. It will dawn on her suddenly one day when her head
is draped with a red veil, her hands dyed red with henna, and red bangles rolled onto her
wrists. She will then become a bride. Like the old woman beside her who become one
many years ago.
i. Pick out the option that best describes Savita.
(a) Young and innocent (b) Old and patient (c) Young and irritable (d) Old and
confused
ii. “Savita, a young girl ..., sits alongside an elderly woman, soldering pieces of glass.”
This means that
Savita was _____.
(a) trying to make the bangles all by herself
(b) trying to help the old woman
(c) hungry and disturbing the old woman in doing the work
(d) getting anxious and thus scolding the old woman
iii. The line, “As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine, ...” is an
example of
(a) hyperbole (b) parody (c) simile (d)
symbolism
iv. Choose the option that best demonstrates the significance of red colour in Indian
Hindu culture.
(a) Aridity and boredom (b) Energetic and vibrant
(c) Auspiciousness and purity (d) Calmness and caution
v. What does “soldering” mean?
A) A process of joining objects by heating them.
vi. What is the figure of speech used in the line “Like the old woman beside her”? Simile

3) The presidents of the New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroads will swear on a stack of timetables that there are only two. But I say there are
three, because I’ve been on the third level of the Grand Central Station. Yes, I’ve taken
the obvious step : I talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine, among others. I told him about
the third level at Grand Central Station, and he said it was a waking-dream wish
fulfillment. He said I was unhappy. That made my wife kind of mad, but he explained that
he meant the modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and all the rest of it, and
that I just want to escape.
i. Pick out the option which is a correct description of the phrase “waking-dream wish
fulfilment”.
(a) A pleasant wish that makes one forget the past’s terrible experiences
(b) A pleasant wish that takes one to the future
(c) A pleasant wish that encourages to work
(d) A pleasant wish that makes one forget the present
ii. What does the ‘third level’ signify?
A) Human tendencies to escape from the harsh realities of the present time.
iii. Pick out the option that best describes the mental tendency of the narrator.
(1) Disappointed 2) Escapism (3) Calm (4) Satisfied
(a) 1 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 3 and 4 (d) 2 and 4
iv. “The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry.: signifies that :
(a) the world is full of chaos but at the same time means of happiness also for the
narrator.
(b) the narrator is not at all satisfied with his life.
(c) the narrator wanted to explore more about the modern world.
(d) the narrator enjoys the feeling of pain and insecurities in his life.

4) Derry : I thought it was empty.... an empty house.

Mr. Lamb : So it is. Since I’m out here in the garden. It is empty. Until I go back inside. In
the meantime,
I’m out here and likely to stop. A day like this. Beautiful day. Not a day to be indoors.
i. Why do you think Derry entered the garden knowing or thinking it was empty?
A) He entered the garden because he doesn’t like being seen.
ii. The old man’s response “Since I’m out here in the garden, [the house] is empty” shows
_____.
(a) his rudeness (b) his annoyance at the unwelcomed guest
(c) his anger at the boy (d) the truth that the house is indeed empty as he’s
not inside it
iii. “In the meantime, I’m out here and likely to stop.” What do you think this sentence
means?
A) The old man intends to stay in the garden for some time.
iv. Assertion (A) : Mr. Lamb states it’s a beautiful day to be outdoors.
Reason (R) : Derry was trying to steal his crab apples.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R and true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

5) looked out at Young

Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winters moon and felt that old
familiar ache,... ... ...
i. The phrase ‘Trees sprinting’ refers to _____. fast pace of trees
ii. The poet’s another glance at her mother’s face filled her with the feeling of _____.
(a) anxiety and fear (b) only fear (c) sadness and guilt
(d) only guilt
iii. The mother’s pale face is compared to the _____. paleness of the winter moon
iv. The literary device used by the poet in the following line is _____.
... as a late winter’s moon and felt that old familiar ache, ...
(a) personification (b) allegory (c) simile (d)
onomatopoeia
v. What did the poet do after the security check?
A) She looked at her mother’s face again.
vi. Which option lists the statement that is not true according to the extract?
(a) When the poet looks at the passing green trees and young children, the world around
her appears young and energetic.
(b) The poet describes the youthful scenery of the world to underscore the nature years of
her mother.
(c) The beautiful scenery outside distracted the poet from her thoughts for a while.
(d) Looking at the sprinting trees the poet desires for the long life of her mother.

6) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen

Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
i. Why are the tigers called ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers?
A) They are called so as she was embroiding pictures of tigers on the tapestry and they
represent her hidden desires.
ii. Match the following correctly :
(i) Prance (a) to walk with long steps in a direction.
(ii) Pace (b) move about in a predatory manner.
(iii)Stride (c) to move quickly with exaggerated steps.
(iv)Prowl (d) to walk up and down in a small area many times.
(a) (i)-c, (ii)-d, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
(b) (i)-d, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-c
(c) (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c
(d) (i)-a, (ii)-c, (iii)-b, (iv)-d
iii. Why are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prancing across the screen?
(a) Because they are showing their actions.
(b) Because they love her.
(c) Because they are real animals.
(d) Because they are the product of her imagination.
iv. Name the poem and the poet of the given extract. Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers by Adrienne
Rich
v. Match the following stones with their colour characteristics.
(i) Diamond (a) Yellow and orange
(ii) Topaz (b) Green
(iii) Emerald (c) Colourless
(iv) Ruby (d) Red
(a) (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-d
(b) (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d
(c) (i)-a, (ii)-b, (iii)-c, (iv)-d
(d) (i)-d, (ii)-c, (iii)-a, (iv)-b
vi. What is the meaning of the word ‘denizens’?
A) A person, an animal or a plant that lives and grows in a particular place.

7) Listening to them, I see two distinct worlds-one of the family, caught in a web of
poverty, burdened by the stigma of caste in which they are born; the other a vicious circle
of the sahukars, the middlemen, the policemen, the keepers of law, the bureaucrats and
the politicians. Together they have imposed the baggage on the child that he cannot put
down. Before he is aware, he accepts it as naturally as his father.... a flash of it in Mukesh
I am cheered. “I want to be a motor mechanic” he repeats.
i. Who is being burdened under the baggage of two worlds?
(a) the author (b) the middlemen (c) a young man (d) the
sahukars
ii. The phrase ‘stigma of caste’ here refers to the _____.
(a) grief stricken life of the bangle makers (b) the untouchables living in
Firozabad
(c) poor families living in the slums (d) children unable to get proper
food and clothes
iii. Pick the option that means the same as ‘vicious’.
(a) gentle (b) accurate (c) brutal (d) humane
iv. Mukesh’s dream that he wanted to be a motor mechanic, suggest that _____.
(a) he is passionate about driving
(b) he is just like other boys of his place
(c) he is completely different from all the members of his family
(d) he has to work to earn his livelihood.
v. Who is the narrator of the given extract? Anees Jung
vi. What is meant by the word ‘baggage’ here?

8) The world had, of course never been very kind to him, so it gave him unwanted joy to
think ill of it in this way. It became a cherished pastime of his, during many dreary
plodding, to think of people he knew who had let themselves be caught in the dangerous
snare, and of others who were still circling around the bait.
i. The peddler’s constant thought about the people who had been tempted to touch the
bait suggests that ______.
(a) He did not like the greedy people. (b) He is always cautious to meet
his friends.
(c) He considers the whole world, a rattrap. (d) He is fed up of his poverty
stricken life.
ii. The peddler gets unusual joy in thinking_____.
(a) about his future dreams (b) about his past
(c) about people, lured by wealth (d) ill about the world
iii. The word ‘plodding’ means the same as _______________.
(a) lumber (b) cautiously (c) loudly (d) tiptoe
iv. Who is the author of this chapter?
v. What is the meaning of the phrase “unwanted joy”?
vi. What is the image foregrounded in the extract?

9) She crouched close to the sleeping face of the young American. It was a piteously thin
face she thought, and the lips were twisted. The man was suffering whether he knew it or
not. Watching him, she wondered if the stories they heard sometimes of the sufferings of
prisoners were true. They came like flickers of rumour, told by word of mouth and always
contradicted.
i. The above extract has been taken from _____.
ii. Which word in the above extract is the synonym of ‘confute’?
(a) Twisted (b) contradict (c) Flicker (d) Rumour
iii. The young American was wounded because he had been _____.
iv. The wounded who person came to the house belonged to _____.
(a) the Japanese army (b) the Chinese force (c) the British army
(d) U.S. navy

10) The presidents of the New York Central and the New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroads will swear on a stack of timetables that there are only two. But I say there are
three, because I’ve been on the third level of the Grand Central Station. Yes, I’ve taken
the obvious step: I talked to a psychiatrist friend of mine, among others. I told him about
the third level at Grand Central Station, and he said it was a waking dream wish
fulfilment.
i. “there are only two” what is two in this statement?
(a) Towers (b) Blocks (c) Levels (d) Stations
ii. Who does ‘I’ refer to?
iii. Why did ‘I’ contradict them?
(a) He feels that he is in a dream. (b) He feels that there is Grand Central
Station.
(c) He feels that there are three levels. (d) He feels that he has never seen the
third level.
iv. What did the psychiatrist friend say about the third level at Grand Central Station?
11) Perhaps the Earth can teach us
As when everything seems dead
And later proves to be alive
Now I will count upto twelve
And you keep quiet and I will go.
i. Pick out the option that is not correct with reference to the poem.
(a) Silence teaches us to live in harmony.
(b) By remaining silent, we can spread peace and be productive at the same time.
(c) The Earth nurtures life and ensures that the cycle of life goes on unhampered.
(d) The poet appeals to be chaotic and create noises and have fun.
ii. Which poetic device has been used by the poet in the line -
“Perhaps the Earth can teach us”.
(a) Metaphor (b) Alliteration (c) Personification
(d) Antithesis
iii. The poem discusses the need of
(a) having conversation with each other (b) maintaining peace and
silence
(c) maintaining social relations (d) Fulfilling the generation
gap
iv. The poem is written by_______.
v. According to the poet, what can we learn from the earth?
vi. What is the title of the poem from where this extract is taken?

12) When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie

Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid
i. The tigers in the poem symbolise
1. Splendour 2. Strength 3. Threat
4. Ferociousness 5. Chaos 6. Weakness
(a) 4 and 5 (b) 3 and 4 (c) 1 and 2 (d) 2 and 6
ii. The rhyme scheme of the above extract is _____.
iii. In the poem, Aunt Jennifer’s represents _____.
iv. The significance of ‘are as shown in the poem is -
(a) it has shown the skills of the poet (b) it has become a medium for her to
escape from the reality
(c) it shows how much leisure she has (d) it shows her love for animals
v. Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the given extract?
(a) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers will keep her alive in everyone’s memory.
(b) Aunt Jennifer feels oppressed and constricted in her marriage.
(c) Even in death, Aunt Jennifer cannot escape patriarchal subjugation.
(d) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance as a lasting symbol of her desires.
vi. What makes the tigers “proud and unafraid”?

13) But Gandhi was vehemently opposed. He said, “You think that in this unequal fight it
would be helpful
if we have an Englishman on our side. This shows the weakness of your heart. The cause
is just and you
must rely upon yourselves to win the battle....
“He had read our minds correctly:’ Rajendra Prasad comments, “and we had no reply ...
Gandhi in this
way taught us a lesson in self-reliance”.
Self-reliance, Indian independence and help to sharecroppers were all bound together.
i. Gandhi taught the sharecroppers a lesson of self-reliance so that
(a) they could believe in themselves and be self-dependant.
(b) they get to know to fight amongst themselves only.
(c) they understand that British could not be trusted
(d) they learn and follow civil disobedience
ii. Find out the word from the given extract which means the same as ‘ fiercely.
iii. Rajendra Prasad who was a lawyer later on became
iv. The above extract has been taken from _____.
v. Assertion (A) : Gandhi was vehemently opposed to letting Andrews help him in
Champaran.
Reason (R) : Because Gandhi was always suspicious of new people who offered help.
(a) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true
vi. “He had read our minds correctly,” Rajendra Prasad commented. What is the
sentiment exposed here?
(i) anger
(ii) satisfaction
(iii) understanding
(iv) forgiveness
(v) pride
(a) (i), (ii) and (iii)
(b) (ii), (iv) and (v)
(c) (i) only
(d) (ii), (iii) and (v)

14) Once upon a time there was a man who went around selling small rattraps of wire. He
made them himself
at odd moments, from the material he got by begging in the stores or at the big farms.
But even so, the
business was not especially profitable, so he had to resort to both begging and petty
thievery to keep body
and soul together. Even so his clothes were in rags, his cheeks were sunken, and hunger
gleamed in his
eyes.
i. The peddler had to resort to both begging and thievery.
The above sentences demonstrates that
(a) the peddler was very greedy.
(b) the peddler do not like to sit idle.
(c) the peddler wants to become rich.
(d) the peddlers earning was not enough for the survival.
ii. Through peddler’s appearance it is signified that he was a/an
(a) beggar
(b) thief
(c) unfortunate man
(d) crofter
iii. The peddler’s rattraps were made of _____.
iv. Who is the author of this chapter?
(a) Alphonse Daudet
(b) Salman Rushdie
(c) Selma Lagerliif
(d) Louis Fischer
v. What does the idiom ‘keep body and soul together’ mean?
vi. What is the name of the chapter from which the extract is taken?

15) Derry : [Panic] I’ve got to go.

Mr. Lamb : Not on my account. I don’t mind who comes into the garden. The gate’s
always open. Only
you climbed the garden wall.
Derry : [Angry] You were watching me.
Mr Lamb : I saw you. But the gate’s open. All welcome. You’re welcome. I sit here. I like
sitting.
i. “Mr Lamb : Not on my account.” Based on this line, do you think Mr. Lamb was angry
with Derry?
ii. What does the statement “Only you climbed the garden wall.” mean?
(a) Everyone got permission before entering into the garden.
(b) Mr. Lamb wanted Derry to be punished.
(c) Derry was the only person to sneak in through the wall.
(d) Derry doesn’t know the location of the gate.
iii. Assertion (A) : Mr. Lamb is a generous old man who welcomes everyone.
Reason (R) : He had been threatened to not stop people from coming into the garden.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) Both A and R are false.
(d) A is true but R is false.
iv. Do you think Derry has the right to be angry at Mr. Lamb?

16) His father had taken him often to the islands of those seas, and never had he failed
to say to the little
brave boy at his side, “Those islands yonder, they are the stepping stones to the future
for Japan.”
“Where shall we step from them?” Sadao had asked seriously.
“Who knows?” his father had answered. “Who can limit our future? It depends on what we
make it”
i. Who did ‘the little boy’ refer to?
ii. What does the speaker mean by ‘stepping stone’?
1. Means of advancement 2. Means of progression
3. Means of disorganization 4. Means of paucity
(a) Option 1 b) Option 1 and 2 (c) Option 3 (d) Option 3 and 4
iii. Pick out the option that best describes the word yonder’ as used in the passage.
1. Distant 2. Accessible 3. Proximate
4. Non-adjacent 5. Adjoining 6. Far-flung
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 4, 5 and 6 (c) 1, 4 and 6 (d) 2,
3 and 5
iv. “Where shall we step from them?” Sadao had asked seriously.
Which of the following words can replace the word ‘seriously’ as given in the above line?
(a) Fairly (b) Earnestly (c) Insignificantly (d) Slightly

17) ... but soon

put that thought away, and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes.
i. The above extract has been taken from _____.
ii. The poet started looking out at the young trees to _____.
iii. In the above extract, the young sprinting trees signify.
1. energy
2. fast pace of life
3. youthfulness
4. life
5. death
(a) 2, 4 and 5
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 3, 4 and 5
iv. Which thought did the poet put away?
v. The phrase ‘merry children’ symbolizes
1. Pain
2. Nostalgia
3. Happiness
4. Sluggishness
5. Vitality
6. Exuberance
(a) 3, 5 and 6
(b) 1, 2, and 4
(c) 4 and 5
(d) only 6
vi. What is the most likely reason the poet capitalised ‘Young Trees’?
This was to
(a) Convey a clearer meaning.
(b) Highlight the adj.-noun combination.
(c) Enhance the contrast.
(d) Draw a connection with the title.

18) Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool

Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
i. How would you describe Aunt Jennifer based on the above extract?
ii. Uncle’s wedding band sits heavily on Aunt Jennifer’s hand because _____.
iii. Pick the option that displays the image which correctly corresponds to the type of task
Aunt is engaged
in.
(a) Option (i)
(b) Option (ii)
(c) Option (iii)
(d) Option (iv)
iv. Which of the following is an example of an alliteration?
(a) Finger fluttering through the wool
(b) Upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand
(c) Ivory needle hard to pull
(d) Massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
v. What is the meaning of the word, ‘fluttering’?
(a) The falling of raindrops
(b) The palpitations of one’s heart
(c) Moving unsteadily and irregularly with trembling
(d) The swift movements of one’s hand
vi. What is the rhyming scheme of the extract?

19) “I will learn to drive a car,” he answers, looking straight into my eyes. His dream looks
like a mirage
amidst the bangles. Every other family in Firozabad, famous for its making bangles. It is
the centre of
India’s glass-blowing industry where families have sent generations working around
furnaces, welding
glass, making bangles for all the women in the land it seems.
i. The expression, “families have sent generations working around furnaces” signifies that
(a) families were bound to do the same work because of their debt.
(b) all members of the family were into same profession since generations.
(c) they do not know anything except bangle-making
(d) bangle making is a profitable business for them
ii. The word ‘mirage’ means the same as
(a) reality
(b) certainty
(c) illusion
(d) credence
iii. What function does the glass-blowing industry of Firozabad do?
(a) It makes windows.
(b) It makes crockery items.
(c) It works to mould glass only.
(d) It works to mould glass and make colourful bangles of it.
iv. Who is the author of ‘Lost Spring’?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Kamala Das
(c) Maha Devi Verma
(d) Anees Jung
v. ‘I will learn to drive a car:’ What does this statement imply?
vi. Which city is the center of India’s glass making industry?

20) It seemed a long way down. Those nine feet were more like ninety, and before I
touched bottom my
lungs were ready to burst. But when my feet hit bottom I summoned all my strength and
made what I
thought was a great spring upwards. I imagined I would bob to the surface like a cork.
Instead, I came
up slowly. I opened my eyes and saw nothing but water - water that had a dirty yellow
tinge to it.
i. Why did the nine feet deep pool seemed ninety to Douglas?
(a) Because he was afraid of the water and didn’t know swimming.
(b) Because he didn’t know that the pool is so deep inside.
(c) Because he didn’t know the calculation.
(d) Because the pool’s water is so dirty
ii. The expression “I imagined I would bob to the surface like a cork” implies that
(a) Douglas was afraid to die.
(b) Douglas accepted his failure and ultimate death.
(c) Though Douglas was frightened he was not out of his wits.
(d) Frightened, Douglas was not able to shout for help.
iii. Choose the word from the given options which means to ‘make a quick, short
movement up and down’
(a) Burst
(b) Tinge
(c) Bob
(d) Summoned
iv. The above extract has been taken from _____.
(a) The Last Lesson
(b) Indigo
(c) The Rattrap
(d) Deep Water
v. Where did the given event take place?
vi. ‘It seemed a long way down: What was the author referring to?

21) In the afternoon the second thing happened. Hana, working hard on unaccustomed
labour, saw a
messenger come to the door in official uniform. Her hands went weak and she could not
draw her breath.
The servants must have told already. She ran to Sadao, gasping unable to utter a word.
But by then the
messenger had simply followed her through the garden and there he stood. She pointed
at him helplessly.
Sadao looked up from his book ....
“What is it?” he asked the messenger and then he rose, seeing the man’s uniform. “You
are to come to
the palace,” The man said. “the old General is in pain again.” “Oh”, Hana breathed, “is
that all?”
i. The messenger had come to Sadao’s house
(a) to talk to him
(b) to arrest Sadao’s wife
(c) to arrest the prisoner
(d) to call Sadao to attend the General who was ill.
ii. The above extract has been taken from
(a) The Third Level
(b) The Enemy
(c) Going Places
(d) Lost Spring
iii. The phrase ‘unaccustomed labour’ means _____.
iv. What was Hana’s fear in the given extract?

22) The corridor I was in began angling left and slanting downward and I thought that was
wrong, but I kept
on walking. All I could hear was the empty sound of my own footsteps and I didn’t pass a
soul. Then I
heard that sort of hollow roar ahead that means open space and people talking. The
tunnel turned sharp
left; I went down a short flight of stairs and came out on the third level at Grand Central
Station.
i. What does the phrase “I didn’t pass a soul” mean?
(a) That the narrator was dead.
(b) That nobody was there except the narrator.
(c) That there were so many dead souls roaming.
(d) That the narrator was thinking about a ghost.
ii. Which is the only sound that the speaker heard when he entered the corridor?
(a) Chirping of the birds
(b) Voices of the people talking
(c) Sound of the trains moving at the Grand Station
(d) Empty sound of his own footsteps
iii. ‘Began angling’ what does the phrase imply?
iv. To which chapter the given extract belongs?

23) A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Its loveliness increases,
it will never
Pass into nothingness;
but will keep
A bower quiet for us.
i. Pick out the option that best explains the expression - “A thing of beauty is a joy
forever”.
1. Its loveliness decreases day by day.
2. It lasts forever.
3. It makes a person dull.
4. It never passes into nothingness.
(a) Only 1
(b) Both 2 and 3
(c) Only 4
(d) Both 2 and 4
ii. This poem ‘A Thing of Beauty’ has been taken from
(a) Ode to the West Wind
(b) Ode on Melancholy
(c) Ode to Psyche
(d) Endymion, Book I
iii. What does the poet mean by ‘a bower quiet for us’?
(a) It is as beautiful as a rose.
(b) It is as quiet as a mouse.
(c) It is as cool and pleasant as a quiet lover.
(d) It is as temporary as happiness.
iv. Who is the poet of this poem?
(a) P.B. Shelley
(b) John Keats
(c) Tennyson
(d) Robert Frost
v. What will never pass into nothingness?
vi. When the poet says that a thing of beauty will never pass into nothingness, he means
that it is

24) Now we will count to twelve

and we will all keep still
For once on the face of the Earth
let’s not speak in any language,
let’s stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
i. The number twelve signifies
(a) the twelve days
(b) the twelve minutes
(c) the twelve hours mark on the clock to calculate time
(d) the twelve seconds
ii. The expression - “not move our arms” refers to
(a) sit quietly
(b) not eat anything
(c) be inactive
(d) sit still without any movement
iii. With reference to the poem “Keeping Quiet”, which of the following is TRUE?
(a) The poet requests people to keep quiet to maintain silence.
(b) The poet’s request to keep quiet is to avoid noise.
(c) By asking to keep quiet, the poet means to be friendly.
(d) The poet request to keep quiet in the hope of becoming more thoughtful and peaceful.
iv. How long is the poet expecting everyone to stay still?
(a) for 12 hours
(b) for 10 minutes
(c) for 15 minutes
(d) for few seconds till we count twelve
v. Who wrote the poem ‘Keeping Quiet”?
vi. In this extract the word ‘let’s’ is used to _____.

27) “No, I couldn’t think of it!” he said, looking quite alarmed.

He thought of the thirty kronor. To go up to the manor house would be like throwing
himself voluntarily
into the lion’s den. He only wanted a chance to sleep here in the forge and then sneak
away as
inconspicuously as possible.
i. Who is thinking about the thirty kronor?
(a) Ironmaster
(b) The peddler
(c) The crofter
(d) Edla
ii. Which figure of speech has been used by the author in the phrase “Lion”s den”?
(a) Personification
(b) Metaphor
(c) Simile
(d) Allusion
iii. What does the word ‘inconspicuous’ mean here?
(a) unnoticeable
(b) attractive
(c) exposed
(d) noticeable
iv. The above passage is taken from
(a) The Rattrap
(b) The Enemy
(c) The Last Lesson
(d) Deep Water
v. Why was he alarmed?
vi. Who is the author of the given extract?
1.B Gandhi told Shukla he had an appointment in Cawnpore and was also committed to
go to other parts of
India. Shukla accompanied him everywhere. Then Gandhi returned to his ashram. For
weeks he never
left Gandhi’s side.
“Fix a date,” he begged.
Impressed by the sharecroppers tenacity and story Gandhi said, “I have to be in Calcutta
on such-andsuch
a date. Come and meet me and take me from there”.
i. Who was Shukla?
(a) A lawyer
(b) A government officer
(c) A politician
(d) A poor peasant
ii. Why was Shukla following Gandhi ji?
(a) Because he wanted to get ideas to become famous.
(b) Because he wanted to learn from him the art of speaking.
(c) Because he wanted to seek his guidance for his own upliftment.
(d) Because he wanted to seek his help for the poor sharecroppers of his village.
iii. Which quality of Shukla impressed and convinced Gandhi to come with him?
(a) His stubbornness
(b) His perseverance
(c) His arrogance
(d) His indecisiveness
iv. The author of this chapter is
(a) Pablo Meruda
(b) Selma Lagerlof
(c) R.K. Narayan
(d) Louis Fisher
v. What kind of person was Shukla?
vi. What is the meaning of the word ‘tenacity’?
2. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 4 = 4
2.A It won’t make my face change. Do you know, one day a woman went by me in the
street - I was at a
bus-stop - and she was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she said ....
whispered ... only I
heard her .... she said, “Look at that, that’s a terrible thing. That’s a face only a mother
could love’
i. Who is the speaker of the above lines?
(a) Derry
(b) Lamb
(c) An old woman
(d) A child
ii. Why is the woman speaking about her/his face?
(a) Because he is so handsome.
(b) Because he has a big mole on his face.
(c) Because he has a birthmark on his face.
(d) Because half of his face burnt in an accident.
iii. How does the speaker feel while describing the incident?
iv. From which chapter is the given extract given?

2.B But that’s the reason, he said, and my friends all agreed. Everything points to it, they
claimed. My stamp
collecting, for example; that’s a ‘temporary refuge from reality: Well, maybe, but my
grandfather didn’t need
any refuge from reality; things were pretty nice and peaceful in his day, from all I hear,
and he started my
collection. It’s a nice collection too, blocks of four of practically every U.S. issue, first-day
covers, and so on.
President Roosevelt collected stamps too, you know.
i. Choose the option which is the correct meaning of the word ‘refuge.
1. sanctum
2. exposure
3. peril
4. haven
5. retreat
6. security
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 1, 4, 5, 6
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 2, 4, 5, 6
ii. How would you describe Charley’s vision of his grandfather’s life and times?
(a) Wistful escapism
(b) Idealized sentimentality
(c) Nostalgic simplicity
(d) Dreamy perfection
iii. What does the narrator use as a temporary refuge?
iv. What all was there in narrator’s collection?
3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 6 = 6
3.A Perhaps the Earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.
Now count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.
i. According to the above extract, Man needs to learn from
(a) death
(b) earth
(c) stars
(d) moon
ii. Why does the poet count up to twelve?
(a) To recall the numbers
(b) To take time to calm down
(c) To calculate the twelve hours
(d) To memorise the events of the last twelve days.
iii. What will keeping quiet help us achieve?
1. Monotony
2. Intelligence
3. Peace
4. Tranquility
5. Vigour
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 2 and 5
(d) 1 and 4
iv. This poem is written in
(a) ballad form
(b) blank verse
(c) free verse
(d) the form of sonnet
v. What does the earth teach us?
vi. What is the significance of ‘Keeping Quiet”?

3.B Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool

Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of uncle’s wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
i. What do Aunt Jennifer’s fluttering hands through her wool tell us?
(a) about her old age
(b) about her love for embroidery
(c) about her for mastery over art and craft
(d) about the lost freedom and fear of Jennifer’s mind because of marital restraints
ii. The expression ‘Massive weight of the wedding band’ implies
(a) the overweight body of uncle
(b) the burden of her failed marriage bond
(c) the heavy weight of marriage band she is wearing
(d) none of these
iii. What is the rhyme scheme of the above stanza?
(a) abba
(b) ccdd
(c) abcd
(d) aabb
iv. Which poetic device has been used by the poet in the phrase ‘fingers fluttering’?
(a) Antithesis
(b) Assonance
(c) Alliteration
(d) Apostrophe
v. What does the poet try to convey through Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers?
vi. Which form of art does Aunt Jennifer use to express her inner emotions?

1.A Driving from my parent’s

home to Cochin last Friday
morning, I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away...
(My Mother at Sixty-six)
i. Choose the option that best applies to the given extract.
1. a conversation
2. an argument
3. a piece of advice
4. a strategy
5. a recollection
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) only 5
(d) only 1
ii. Choose the book title that perfectly describes the condition of the poet’s mother.
(a) You’re Only Old Once by Dr. Seuss
(b) The Gift of Years by Joan Chittister
(c) Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill
(d) The Book You Wish Your
Parents Had Read
by Philippa Perry
iii. Choose the option that applies correctly to the two statements given below.
Assertion : The poet wards off the thought of her mother getting old quickly.
Reason : The poet didn’t want to confront the inevitability of fate that was to dawn upon
her mother.
(a) Assertion can be inferred but the Reason cannot be inferred.
(b) Assertion cannot be inferred but the Reason can be inferred.
(c) Both Assertion and Reason can be inferred.
(d) Neither Assertion nor Reason can be inferred.
iv. Choose the option that displays the same literary device as in the given lines of the
extract.
her face ashen like that of a corpse...
(a) Just as I had this thought, she appeared and...
(b) My thoughts were as heavy as lead that evening when ...
(c) I think like everyone else who...
(d) I like to think aloud when ...
v. Kamala Das would agree to all except one of the explanations given with reference to.
The poet is in pain because _____.
(a) her mother looked old
(b) her mother was old and weak
(c) her mother was nearing death
(d) the poet feared losing her mother
vi. What is the mood of the poet in these lines?
1. frustrated
2. fearsome
3. sad
4. sentimental
5. emotional
6. fearful
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 3, 5 and 6
(d) 1, 2 and 4

1.B Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing

A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o’er darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits.
(Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers)
i. Pick the option that is NOT an example of ‘unhealthy and o’er darkened ways.
(a) A person who is egoistic and looks down upon others.
(b) A person who is innocuous and inoffensive towards others.
(c) A person who uses evil ways to deceive others.
(d) A person who is corrupt and manipulative.
ii. Pick the option that enumerates what ‘noble natures’ would include.
1. selflessness
2. callousness
3. enthusiasm
4. antagonism
5. meticulousness
6. prudence
(a) 1, 4 and 5 (b) 2, 3 and 6
(c) 2, 4 and 5 (d) 1, 3 and 6
iii. Based on the poem, choose the correct option with reference to the two statements
given below.
Statement 1: The earth without beautiful things is a place full of despair and
unpleasantness.
Statement 2: The ornate band created by human beings; ushers hope in their lives.
(a) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
(b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
(c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred.
(d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred
iv. Pick the option that matches the words / phrases with the literary device.
Word/phrase Literary device
1. band to bind us A Metaphor
2. wreathing a flowery band B Personification
3. Some shape of beauty moves away the pall C Hyperbole
D Alliteration
(a) 1. C, 2. A, 3. B,
(b) 1. D, 2. B, 3. A
(c) 1. A, 2. C, 3. B
(d) 1. D, 2. A, 3. B
v. The meaning of ‘despondence’ as used in the stanza by the poet is _____.
(a) feeling low
(b) shortage
(c) discouragement
(d) glut
vi. What does the review show?
(a) The review shows no dearth of evaluations of health products.
(b) The dearth of sales clerks at the billing counter during the lunch hour annoyed us.
(c) There was a dearth of usable firewood at the campsite as it was too crowded.
(d) There is a dearth of genuine kindness towards the working class.

2.A Read the given extract to attempt the questions with reference to context. The man
moaned with pain
in his stupor but he did not awaken. “The best thing that we could do would be to put him
back in the
sea,” Sadao said, answering himself Now that the bleeding was stopped for the moment
he stood up and
dusted the sand from his hands.
“Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare
down at the
motionless man.
“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him
over as a prisoner,
he would certainly die,” Sadao said. “The kindest thing would be to put him back into the
sea,” Hana
said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert
figure.
(The Enemy)
i. In which of the following options can the underlined words NOT be replaced with
‘stupor’?
(a) She hung up the phone feeling as though she had woken up from a slumber.
(b) The manager complained about the employee’s sluggishness.
(c) He seemed to be in a trance when the doctor called upon him last week.
(d) Seeing him in a daze, the lawyer decided not to place him in the witness box.
ii. Pick the option that best describes Sadao and Hana in the passage.
(a) Sadao : scrupulous, Hana : wary
(b) Sadao : daring, Hana : prudent
(c) Sadao : prudent, Hana : suspicious
(d) Sadao : wary, Hana : daring
iii. Pick the idiom that best describes the situation in which Sadao and Hana were in.
(a) to be like a fish out of water
(b) like water off a duck’s back
(c) to be dead in the water
(d) to be in hot water
iv. Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.
Statement 1: Sadao and Hana cared about the soldier but were worried about the
consequences of being
considerate.
Statement 2: Sadao and Hana wanted to shirk their responsibilities of looking after an
injured soldier,
who could be an American.
(a) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
(b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
(c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true.
(d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false.
2.B Students on Ice, the programme I was working with on the Shokalskiy, aims to do
exactly this by
taking high school students to the ends of the world and providing them with inspiring
educational
opportunities which will help them foster a new understanding and respect for our planet.
It’s been in
operation for six years now, headed by Canadian Geoff Green, who got tired of carting
celebrities and
retired, rich, curiosity-seekers who could only ‘give’ back in a limited way. With Students
on Ice, he
offers the future generation of policymakers a life-changing experience at an age when
they’re ready to
absorb, learn, and most importantly, act.
(Journey to the End of the Earth)
i. Select the option to fill in the blank correctly.
Students on Ice is _____ headed by Geoff Green.
(a) a travelogue
(b) an expedition
(c) a globetrotting
(d) a tour
ii. Choose the option that marks the ODD ONE OUT based on your reading of the above
extract.
(a) Praneet donates 10% of his monthly income to environment-friendly NGOs.
(b) Jagjeet and her twin plant a new plant on their birthday every year.
(c) Vishal invests in eco-friendly cosmetics that are packaged in plastic containers.
(d) Archana plans to devise a machine that recycles biodegradable wastes from home.
iii. Pick the option that characterizes the celebrities based on your understanding of the
extract.
1. workaholics
2. zealous
3. niggardly
4. impassive
Choose the correct option.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 2 and 4
iv. Choose the option that lists the reasons for Green’s programme.
1. Making youngsters realize the gory reality of the planet.
2. Provoking the youth to think about the future earnestly.
3. Giving a chance of exploring the north pole to the young generation
4. Providing travel opportunities to students that were unfortunate. Choose the correct
option.
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 and 4
(c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 4
3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 6 = 6
3.A Read the given extract to attempt the questions with reference to context. Food is
more important for
survival than an identity. “If at the end of the day we can feed our families and go to bed
without an
aching stomach, we would rather live here than in the fields that gave us no grain,” says
a group of
women in tattered saris when I ask them why they left their beautiful land of green fields
and rivers.
Wherever they find food, they pitch their tents that become transit homes. Children grow
up in them,
becoming partners in survival. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the
years, it has
acquired the proportions of a fine art. Garbage to them is gold. It is their daily bread, a
roof over their
heads, even if it is a leaking roof But for a child it is even more.
(Lost Spring)
i. The phrase ‘transit homes’ refer to the dwellings that are _____.
(a) unhygienic but permanent
(b) inadequate and fleeting
(c) fragile but lasting
(d) temporary and mobile
ii. Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence ‘Garbage to them is gold’.
(a) hyperbole
(b) simile
(c) synecdoche
(d) personification
iii. Choose the term which best matches the statement ‘Food is more important for
survival than an identity.”
(a) unaffordable luxury
(b) basic necessity
(c) biological obligation
(d) social need
iv. With reference to rag-picking, what does ‘acquired the proportions of a fine art’ mean?
(a) Rag-picking has regained its lost status.
(b) A segment of rag-pickers are skilled in fine arts.
(c) Rag-picking has attained the position of a skill.
(d) Only a few people are experts in rag-picking.
v. What do you infer from the attitude of the immigrants about their motherland?
Statement 1: Their motherland gave them an identity but no food.
Statement 2: Their adopted home gives then food but takes away their identity.
(a) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
(b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
(c) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true.
(d) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false.
vi. Identify the correct interpretation of the statement- ‘Children grow up in them,
becoming partners in
survival’ from the following inferences:
(a) Children help adults become partners.
(b) Adults help children become partners.
(c) Both naturally share an equal burden of work.
(d) Each social group fends for itself.
3.B His success in films overshadowed and dwarfed his literary achievements-or so his
critics felt. He
composed several truly original ‘story poems’ in folk refrain and diction and also wrote a
sprawling novel
Thillana Mohanambal with dozens of very deftly etched characters. He quite successfully
recreated the
mood and manner of the Devadasis of the early 20th century. He was an amazing actor,
he never aspired
to the lead roles but whatever subsidiary role he played in any of the films, he performed
better than the
supposed main players. He had a genuine love for anyone he came across and his house
was a permanent
residence for dozens of near and far relations and acquaintances.
(Poets and Pancakes)
i. Which of these statements is NOT TRUE about Subbu?
(a) His literary accomplishments stole the limelight from his films.
(b) He was a gifted poet and writer and his literary works were noteworthy.
(c) He was selfless in nature and was empathetic towards others.
(d) He never hankered after getting lead roles and performed minor roles in films.
ii. The word ‘sprawling’ has been used with the word ‘novel’. Pick the option with which
the word
‘sprawling’ CANNOT be used.
(a) metropolis (b) handwriting
(c) campus (d) portrait
iii. The phrase ‘deftly etched’ shows that Subbu _____.
(a) created the roles delicately.
(b) was skilful in creating the characters.
(c) pondered beyond necessity about the characters.
(d) gave very little thought to the characters.
iv. Pick the option that best describes Subbu according to the extract.
1. benevolent
2. powerful
3. accomplished
4. witty
5. generous
6. temperamental
(a) 4, 5 and 6 (b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 5 (d) 3, 4 and 6
v. Which of these qualities and talents of Subbu cannot be inferred from the given
extract?
Subbu was known to be _____.
1. a novelist and a poet
2. a warm host
3. a lead actor
4. a character actor
5. an extra
6. No. 2 in Gemini Studios
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 3 and 6
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 2, 5 and 6
vi. The extract uses the word ‘subsidiary.’ In which of the following sentences has this
word not been used
in the same sense or meaning?
(a) The subsidiary companies of the oil giant are now going to be more autonomous.
(b) This information may be used as a subsidiary evidence by your attorney but it is not
sufficient by
itself to prove your argument.
(c) The crest of the outer ridges of this subsidiary range is about 700 feet whereas the
main range is
much higher.
(d) The French East India Company first introduced the Subsidiary Alliance in India under
Governor
Joseph Dupleix.

1.A For once on the face of the Earth

Let’s not speak in any language
Let’s stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment without rush,
without engines we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
(Keeping Quiet)
i. What is the tone of the poet in the above lines?
1. appeal
2. urge
3. request
4. command
Choose the most appropriate option.
(a) Only l (b) 1 and 2 both
(c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 1 and 3
ii. Identify the line from extract that advocates, Tor ceasing of words to emit a state
beyond the domain of
language itself.’
iii. Which word the poet has used to employ the collectiveness in the poem?
(a) let’s
(b) we
(c) let’s and we
(d) Let’s, we and our
iv. Complete the analogy correctly. Do not repeat from used example.
Without rush : without engines :: Repetition : _____.
v. On the basis of the extract choose the correct option with reference to (1) and (2)
given below.
1. The result of keeping quiet will be that there will be togetherness
2. Togetherness will foster harmony and brotherhood
(a) 1 is true 2 is false.
(b) 2 is true 1 is false.
(c) 2 is the result of 1.
(d) Both 1 and 2 cannot be concluded from the extract.
vi. Now count to twelve ; here twelve implies to _____.
1.B And realised with pain
that she was as old as she looked but soon
put that thought away, and looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards away,
I looked again at her, wan, pale.
(My Mother at Sixty-six)
i. What does the ‘Sprinting Trees’ signify?
ii. The poet has written the poem in free verse and does not use fullstop to _____.
(a) unbreak the thought process in the middle
(b) express the notion
(c) write in patterns of rhyme and meter
(d) enjoy the freedom of writing
iii. ‘_____ standing few yards away, I looked again at her wan pale,’ this displays Das’s
persona of _____.
iv. ‘Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground’. The poetic device used in this
line matches with
_____.
(a) Trees sprinting : personification
(b) Merry children spilling : simile
(c) That thought : Alliteration
(d) Young Trees. : Metaphor
v. The tone of the poet in the above extract is _____.
(a) Confessional
(b) Sorrowful
(c) Obliged
(d) Affectional
vi. On the basis of the extract choose the correct option with reference 1 and 2 given
below.
1. The poet feels utterly bereft.
2. The poet was alarmed by the sudden realisation that old age had crept upon her
mother.
(a) 2 is true 1 is false.
(b) 1 is true 2 is false.
(c) 2 is the reason for 1.
(d) 1 and 2 cannot be inferred from the extract.

2.A Watching him she wondered if the stories they heard sometimes of the sufferings of
prison were true.
They came like flickers of rumours told by the word of mouth and always contradicted. In
the newspapers
the reports were always that whereever the Japanese armies went the people received
them gladly, with
cries of joy at their liberation. But sometimes she remembered such men as General
Takima ,who at
home beats his wife cruelly, though no one mentioned it now that he had fought so
victorious in a battle
of Manchuria. If a man like that could be so cruel to a woman in his power, would he not
be cruel to once
like this for instance?
(The Enemy)
i. Select the suitable word from the extract to complete the following analogy.
Kind : courteous :: Flash : _____.
ii. Which truth about General Takima is unknown to the people?
(a) Fought victoriously in the battle
(b) Beats his wife at home
(c) Won the battle of Manchuria
(d) Received cries of joy
iii. Based on the extract choose the option which is true for Hana.
1. She appreciates Japanese army
2. She is empathetic about women
3. She points the biased feature of newspaper
4. She wonders about the sufferings of prisoners
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 3, 2 and 1
(c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) none of the above
iv. Rewrite the sentence by replacing the underlined word with its inference in the
extract.
‘... would he not be cruel to once like this for instance?

2.B Right at the ‘start, it is imperative to disclose a matter of vital importance about the
Tiger King. Everyone
who reads of him will experience the natural desire to meet a man of his indomitable
courage face to
face. But there is no chance of his fulfillment. As Bharat said to Ram about Dasarath, The
Tiger King
had reached that final abode of all living creatures. In other words the Tiger King is dead.
(The Tiger King)
i. Complete the sentence appropriately with reference to the extract.
‘_____ As Bharat said to Ram about Dasarath that _____’.
ii. ‘_____ A man of his indomitable courage.’ is a satire on _____.
(a) people
(b) animals
(c) birds
(d) the conceit of those in power
iii. The narrator says, ‘it is imperative to disclose the matter of vital importance about the
Tiger King
_____’, The matter which the narrator wants to reveal is _____.
Choose the correct option in reference with context.
(a) The death of Tiger King
(b) The reason of death of Tiger King
(c) The lineage of incidents after the death of Tiger King
(d) None of the above
iv. Replace the underlined phrase in the following sentence from the phrase used in the
extract. My
Grandmother passed away yesterday.
3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 6 = 6
3.A My last French lesson! Why. I hardly knew how to write! I should never learn any
more! I must stop
there, then! Oh, how sorry I was for not learning my lessons, for seeking birds’ eggs, or
going sliding on
the Saar! My books, that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my
grammar, and
my history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn’t give up. And M Hamel, too;
the idea that
he was going away, that I should never see him again, made me forget all about his ruler
and how cranky
he was.
(The Last Lesson)
i. Select the proverb that best outlines the moral in the above extract.
(a) Procastination is the thief of time, Collar him ‘
(b) ‘Both positive and negative thinking are contagious.’
(c) An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
(d) The grass is always green on the other side of the fence.
ii. List the objects which seem intimidating to Franz.
iii. ‘My books that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago _____ were old friends now
that I couldn’t give
up.’ In these lines Daudet has cited an example of _____.
(a) Irony : Verbal irony
(b) Irony : Situational irony
(c) Irony : Dramatic
(d) Irony : Conditional irony
iv. Complete the sentence appropriately with reference to the context.
The narrator has not learnt the lessons for seeking birds’ eggs because _____.
v. ‘_____ I should never learn anymore... .’ Protagonist of the story is repented for _____.
(a) Not learning the French Language
(b) Not paying attention in class
(c) Not listening to teacher
(d) Not going sliding on the Saar
vi. The story in the extract matches with the cherishable fable _____.
(a) The Thirsty Crow
(b) The Hare and The Tortoise
(c) The Greedy Fox
(d) The Fox and The Crow

3.B ‘When I leave,’ Sophie said, coming home from school, ‘I’m going to have a boutique.’
Jansie linking arms with her along the street; looked doubtful.
‘Takes money, Soaf something like that.’
‘I’ll find it,’ Sophie said, staring far down the street.
‘Take you a long time to save that much.’
‘Well I’ll be manager then-- yes, of course.... to begin with, Till I’ve got enough. But
anyway, I know
just how it’s all going to look.’
‘They wouldn’t make you manager straight off Soaf’
‘I’ll be Mary Quant,’ Sophie said. I’ll be a natural. They’ll see it from the start. I’ll have the
most
amazing shop this city’s ever seen.’
Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy.
She wished
Sophie wouldn’t say these things.
(Going Places)
i. Select the option which is best fit to Sophie and Jansie in the extract.
(a) Sophie : day dreamer, Jansie : pragmatist
(b) Sophie : down to earth, Jansie : status-pro
(c) Sophie : mature, Jansie : ambitious
(d) Sophie : smart, Jansie : timid
ii. Which of the following would NOT be the example of satire used in the extract?
(a) ‘_____ Well I’ll be the manager then...’
(b) ‘_____ I’ll be Mary Quant...’
(c) ‘_____ they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory’
(d) ‘_____ looked doubtful...’
iii. Write the word from the extract which is synonym of ‘desolation’.
iv. ‘_____ She wished Sophie wouldn’t say these things _____’ What was the significant
thing which Jansie
might have wished that Sophie would not say as per the extract?
v. Sophie and Jansie are discussing _____ in the extract.
(a) About the Mary Quant
(b) About overcoming the struggle of their life
(c) About the future plan
(d) About the biscuit factory
vi. Identify the textual clue (phrase) that allows the reader to infer that Jansie is
empathetic towards her
friend Sophie.

5. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 6 = 6

1.A I looked again at her, wan, pale
As a late winter’s moon and felt that old familiar ache,
My childhood’s fear, but all
I said was, see you soon, Amma,
All I did was smile and smile and smile...
(My Mother at Sixty-six)
i. What is the tone of the poet in the above lines?
1. Aggressive
2. Sad
3. Monotonous
4. Unhappy
5. Happy
Choose the most appropriate option.
(a) Only 1
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1, 4 and 5
(d) Only 3
ii. Identify the phrase from the extract that suggests the following.
Fear of loss and separation
iii. What was the poet’s childhood fear?
(a) The fear of losing her childhood.
(b) The fear of losing her youth.
(c) The fear of separation from her mother.
(d) The fear of losing her childhood friends.
iv. Complete the following analogy correctly.
Soon : late :: smile : _____
v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to 1 and 2 given
below.
1. The poet smiled as she was lost in the memories of her childhood days.
2. The poet smiled because she wanted to hide fears from her mother.
Choose the most appropriate option.
(a) 1 is true but 2 is false.
(b) 2 is true but 1 is false.
(c) 2 can be inferred from 1.
(d) 2 is the reason of 1
vi. Fill in the blank with appropriate words, with reference to the extract.
The poetess said to her mother _____.
1.B If we were not so single-minded about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
Perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
Of never understanding ourselves
And of threatening ourselves with death.
(Keeping Quiet)
i. What is the tone of the poet in the above lines?
1. Calm
2. Tranquil
3. Serene
4. Terrific
5. Aggressive
Choose the most appropriate option.
(a) Only 1
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) Only 5.
ii. What does the phrase ‘single-minded’ mean?
(a) Having one purpose only
(b) Having two purposes
(c) Having no purpose
(d) Keeping quiet
iii. Keeping our lives moving suggests _____.
1. Busy in one’s chores
2. Busy in attaining worldly goods
3. Busy in the rat race
4. Threatening ourselves
5. Inactivity
Choose the most appropriate option.
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) Only 2
(c) 2 and 4 (d) Only 5
iv. Answer in ONE word.
The poet wants silence and _____.
v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to 1 and 2 given
below.
1. Neruda asks to maintain peace and remain silent in the whole extract of the poem.
2. He stresses upon being quiet and harmless to the human beings, animals and
environment.
(a) 1 is true but 2 is false.
(b) 2 is true but 1 is false.
(c) Both 1 and 2 can be inferred from the extract.
(d) 2 is the reason of 1.
vi. Which of the following is an apt title for the extract?
(a) Peace
(b) Peace and Silence
(c) Keep Silence
(d) Maintain Peace: An Urge
6. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 4 = 4
2.A DERRY : It won’t make my face change. Do you know, one day, a woman went by me
in the street - I
was at a bus stop - and she was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she
said... whispered...
only I heard her... she said, “Look at that, that’s a terrible thing. That’s a face only a
mother could love.”
(On the Face of It)
i. List the playwright’s purpose of using ellipses (...) in this extract.
ii. Select the option that best describes the meaning of the word ‘whisper’.
(a) To speak loudly (b) To speak slowly
(c) To speak heartily (d) To speak humbly
iii. Select the option that best describes the person who called DERRY ‘a terrible thing’ in
the extract.
(a) His mother (b) His father
(c) A woman (d) His friend
iv. How did people treat DERRY?
2.B “He remembered his old teacher of anatomy, who had been so insistent on mercy
with the knife, and then
he remembered the face of his fat and slatternly landlady. He had great difficulty in
finding a place to
live in America because he was a Japanese. The Americans were full of prejudice and it
had been bitter
to live in it, knowing himself their superior. How he had despised the ignorant and dirty
old woman who
had at last consented to house him in her miserable home! He had once tried to be
grateful to her because
she had in his last year nursed him through but it was difficult, for she was no less
repulsive to him in
her kindness.”
(The Enemy)
i. Complete the sentence appropriately with reference to the extract.
_____ had cared for Dr. Sadao when he fell ill in America.
ii. Select the option that completes the given sentence appropriately.
The Americans were full of prejudice and it had been bitter to live in _____.
(a) Dr. Sadao’s place
(b) The General’s place
(c) America
(d) The White Man’s place
iii. Which of the following does NOT deliver the meaning of the word ‘slatternly’?
(a) A dirty woman
(b) A poor woman
(c) A miserable woman
(d) A discriminated woman
iv. How were the Americans according to Sadao?
7. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 6 = 6
3.A Three medicines were available - castor oil, quinine and sulphur ointment. Anybody
who showed a
coated tongue was given a dose of castor oil; anybody with malaria fever received quinine
plus castor
oil; anybody with skin eruptions received ointment plus castor oil. Gandhi noticed the
filthy state of
women’s clothes. He asked Kasturbai to talk to them about it. One woman took Kasturbai
into her hut
and said, “Look, there is no box or cupboard here for clothes. The sari I am wearing is the
only one I
have.”
(Indigo)
i. Select the option that completes the given sentence appropriately.
The people of Champaran were living in _____conditions.
(a) Hygienic (b) Unhygienic
(c) Worse (d) Worst
ii. Select the suitable word from the extract to complete the following analogy.
Ointment : balm :: filthy : _____
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank.
Kasturbai was the _____ of Gandhiji.
(a) Sister (b) Brother
(c) Wife (d) Mother
iv. Based on the above extract, choose the statement that is TRUE for Gandhiji.
(a) He was a keen observer.
(b) He was slow.
(c) He was not serious about women’s situation.
(d) He was cunning.
v. Identify the textual clues that allow the readers to infer the tone of the woman to
Kasturbai.
vi. Complete the sentence, as per the extract.
Castor oil, _____ and _____ ointment were the three medicines available.

3.B “Your parents were not anxious enough to have you learn. They preferred to put you
to work on a farm
or at the mills, so as to have a little more money. And I? I’ve been to blame also. Have I
not often sent
you to water my flowers instead of learning your lessons? And when I wanted to go
fishing, did I not just
give you a holiday?”
Then, from one thing to another; M Hamel went on to talk of the French language, saying
that it was the
most beautiful language in the world — the clearest, the most logical; that we must guard
it among us
and never forget it, because when a people are enslaved, as long as they hold fast to
their language it is
as if they had the key to their prison.
(Last Lesson)
i. What is the tone of the speaker in the first line of the given extract?
(a) Aggression (b) Polite
(c) Regression (d) Request
ii. Rewrite the following sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with its inference.
Then, from one thing to another, M Hamel went on to talk of the French language.
iii. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two
statements given below.
1. M. Hamel was a French teacher.
2. He sent children to water flowers instead of learning their lessons. Choose the most
appropriate option.
(a) 1 can be inferred from the extract but 2 cannot.
(b) 1 cannot be inferred from the extract but 2 can.
(c) 1 and 2 both are true and can be inferred from the extract.
(d) 2 is the reason for 1.
iv. The parents referred to here are _____.
v. Replace the underlined word with its antonym from the extract.
And I ? I’ve been to blame also.
vi. The author’s views on ‘Last Lesson’ can be best described as
(a) Theme of a sense of patriotism
(b) Theme of freedom
(c) Theme of teaching French
(d) Theme of basic rights

SECTION C- LITERATURE 40
IV. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions with reference to context.
1. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 6 = 6
1.A Those who prepare green wars,
Wars with gas, wars with fire,
Victory with no survivors,
Would put on clean clothes
And walk about with their
Brothers
In the shade doing nothing.
(Keeping Quiet)
i. Which figure of speech is used in the third lines of the given extract?
1. Simile
2. Paradox
3. Hyperbole
4. Alliteration
5. Metaphor
Choose the most appropriate option.
(a) Only 2 (b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 4 and 5 (d) Only 3
ii. Identify the phrase from the extract, that suggests the following.
Those people who are involved in destructing our mother earth.
iii. What quality of people can be inferred from the given extract?
(a) Destructive people
(b) Constructive people
(c) Eco-friendly people
(d) Peaceful people
iv. Complete the following analogy correctly.
A Thing of Beauty : John Keats :: Keeping Quiet : _____.
v. On the basis of extract, choose the correct option with reference to 1 and 2 given
below.
1. The poem calls for change as much in the individual as human society at large.
2. Green wars mean to be calm and to plant more trees.
(a) 1 is true but 2 is false.
(b) 2 is true but 1 is false.
(c) 2 can be inferred from 1.
(d) 2 is the reason of 1
vi. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word, with reference to the extract.
The irony in ‘...victory with no survivors’ is if no one is left to enjoy the glory of triumph,
the victory is
rendered _____.

1.B And such too is the grandeur of the dooms,

We have imagines for the mighty dead;
All lovely tales that we have heard or read;
An endless fountain of immortal drink.
Pouring unto us from the heaven’s brink.
(A Thing of Beauty)
i. Choose the option that displays the same poetic device as used in the first line of the
extract.
(a) The grass was green, and the flowers were red.
(b) As sly as a fox.
(c) Do good, have good.
(d) Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
ii. What does the phrase ‘the grandeur of the dooms’ mean?
(a) The glory and magnificence that the dead are entitled to on the doomsday following
their death.
(b) Those who have performed good in every situation of life.
(c) Those who continue to live on among us through the stories and legends about their
life.
(d) Owing to the noble life they have lived.
iii. ‘Mighty dead’ refers to men who have _____.
(a) Performed brave and noble deeds
(b) Noble deeds
(c) Immortal drink
(d) Heard and read the tales
iv. Answer in ONE word.
Immortal drink here means the beautiful things in our life falling from God’s Heaven to
_____.
v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two
statements given below.
1. A huge silence can do us good.
2. It does good when we are disappointed at not understanding ourselves.
(a) 1 can be inferred from the extract but 2 cannot.
(b) 2 can be inferred from the extract but 1 cannot.
(c) Both 1 and 2 can be inferred from the extract.
(d) 2 is the reason for 1 and can be inferred from the extract.
vi. Which of the following is an apt title for the extract?
(a) Peace
(b) Peace and Silence
(c) Keep Silence
(d) Maintain Peace: An Urge
2. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 4 = 4
2.A DERRY : I thought it was empty... an empty house.
MR. LAMB : So it is. Since I’m out here in the garden. It is empty. Until I go back inside. In
the
meantime, I’m out here and likely to stop. A day like this. Beautiful day. Not a day to be
indoors.
DERRY : [Panic] I’ve got to go.
MR. LAMB : Not on my account. I don’t mind who comes into the garden. The gate’s
always open.
Only you limbed the garden wall.
(On the Face of It)
i. List the playwright’s purpose of using ellipses (...) in this extract.
ii. Why did Lamb want to stay in the garden?
(a) Lamb considered it a beautiful day.
(b) Lamb not want to stay indoors on beautiful days.
(c) Lamb did not consider it a beautiful day.
(d) Lamb was panic.
iii. Which of the following can be inferred from the extract?
(a) Many people used to come to meet Derry.
(b) Lamb did not want that people should come to his garden.
(c) Lamb never objected if anyone came to his garden.
(d) Derry had come to the garden earlier also.
iv. With whom is Mr. Lamb talking to?

2.B “Six hundred and fifty million years ago, a giant amalgamated southern
supercontinent Gondwana
did indeed exist, centred roughly around the present day Antarctica. Things were quite
different then:
humans hadn’t arrived on the global scene, and the climate was much warmer, hosting a
huge variety
of flora and fauna. For 500 million years Gondwana thrived, but around the time when the
dinosaurs
were wiped out and the age of the mammals got under way, the landmass was forced to
separate into
countries, shaping the globe much as we know it today.”
(Journey to the End of the Earth)
i. Complete the sentence appropriately, with reference to the extract.
Gondwana thrived for _____.
ii. Which of the following would NOT be the meaning of the phrase, ‘wipe out’?
(a) Cleaned
(b) Disappeared
(c) Removed
(d) Dirty
iii. Select the most suitable title for the given extract.
(a) Students on Ice
(b) A Journey to Antarctica
(c) 24 hour journey
(d) A journey to Aliens
iv. How was Gondwana different from today’s world?
3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 6 = 6
3.A And in dark hutments, next to lines of flames of flickering oil lamps, sit boys and girls
with their fathers
and mothers, welding pieces of coloured glass into circles of bangles. Their eyes are more
adjusted to
the dark than to the light outside. That is why they often end up losing their eyesight
before they become
adults.
Savita, a young girl in a drab pink dress, sits alongside an elderly woman, soldering
pieces of glass.
As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine, I wonder if she knows the
sanctity of the
bangles she helps make. It symbolizes an Indian woman’s suhaag, auspiciousness in
marriage. It will
dawn on her suddenly one day when her head is draped with a red veil, her hands dyed
red with henna,
and red bangles rolled onto her wrists. She will then become a bride.
(Lost Spring)
i. Select the option that completes the given sentence appropriately.
‘Their eyes’ over here would refer to _____.
(a) Bangle sellers
(b) Bangle makers
(c) Farmers
(d) Sharecroppers
ii. Select the suitable word from the extract to complete the following analogy.
Hutments : collection of huts :: flickering : _____
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank.
Bangle industry flourishes in the town of _____.
(a) Ferozpur
(b) Firozabad
(c) Ferozgarh
(d) Farukhabad
iv. Based on the above extract, choose the statement that is TRUE for Mukesh.
(a) He wants to be his own master.
(b) He wants to be a plane mechanic.
(c) He is a ragpicker living in Seemapuri.
(d) He is living with other boys who were also ragpickers.
v. Identify the textual clue that allows the readers to infer that ‘it’ refers to, in the
sentence, “It symbolizes
an Indian woman’s suhaag, auspiciousness in marriage.”
vi. Complete the sentence with an appropriate explanation, as per the extract.
The families of bangle makers live in _____.
O
3.B Poor man! It was in honour of this last lesson that he had put on his fine Sunday
clothes, and now I
understood why the old men of the village were sitting there in the back of the room. It
was because they
were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more. It was their way of thanking our
master for his
forty years of faithful service and of showing their respect for the country that was theirs
no more.
While I was thinking of all this, I heard my name called. It was my turn to recite. What
would I not have
given to be able to say that dreadful rule for the participle all through, very loud and
clear, and without
one mistake?
(The Last Lesson)
i. What is the most likely reason M Hamel put on his fine Sunday clothes?
This could be because _____.
(a) He was happy on that day therefore, he put on his fine Sunday clothes.
(b) That day was going to be his last French lesson at the school and he wanted to mark
this special
occasion.
(c) He was a French teacher and teaches French in the school.
(d) He wanted to mark that special occasion.
ii. Rewrite the following sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with its antonym.
While I was thinking of all this, I heard my name called. It was my turn to recite.
iii. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two
statements given below.
1. M Hamel is a French teacher.
2. He was easily befooled by his students.
(a) 1 can be inferred from the extract but 2 cannot.
(b) 1 cannot be inferred from the extract but 2 can.
(c) 1 is true but 2 is false.
(d) 2 is the reason for 1.
iv. Rationalise to support the given opinion.
The country was not theirs.
v. Replace the underlined word with its synonym from the extract.
It was there way of thanking our master for his forty years of faithful service _____.
vi. The master was totally different as _____.
(a) He was dressed in his best clothes.
(b) He was not scolding.
(c) He was being sentimental.
(d) He was a teacher.
IV. Read the given extracts to attempt the questions with reference to context.
1. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 6 = 6
1.A Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree:
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
(Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers)
i. What is the tone of the poet in the above lines?
1. Aggressive
2. Positive
3. Tolerant
4. Cheerful
5. Sentimental
Choose the most appropriate option.
(a) Only 1 (b) 2 and 4
(c) 1, 4 and 5 (d) Only 3
ii. Identify the phrase from the extract, that suggests the following.
An image that creates motion and explains that they are shown moving across the
tapestry.
iii. What quality of tigers can be inferred through these lines?
(a) Spirit of freedom (b) Fearful
(c) Negative attitude (d) Dull
v. Complete the following analogy correctly.
Prance : moving quickly in proud :: chivalric _____.
v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to (1) and (2)
given below.
1. Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers have been described as golden yellow in colour.
2. They are symbols of strength and self-confidence.
(a) 1 is true but 2 is false.
(b) 2 is true but 1 is false.
(c) 1 and 2 can be inferred from the extract.
(d) 2 is the reason of 1.
vi. Fill in the blank with appropriate words, with reference to the extract.
The man beneath referes to here is _____.

1.B I saw my mother,

Beside me,
Doze, open mouthed, her face
Ashen like that
Of a corpse and realized with pain
That she was as old as she
Looked but soon
Put that thought away...
(My Mother at Sixty-six)
i. Choose the option that displays the same poetic device as used in ‘she was as old as
she looked’.
(a) She was as busy as a bee.
(b) He really flared up my temper.
(c) The sun is a creature of habit.
(d) Time is money.
ii. Why was the realisation painful to the poetess?
The realisation was painful to the poetess because _____.
(a) It brought with it the distressing thought that she was also nearing the death.
(b) The poet started thinking about the separation from her mother.
(c) The poet has not seen anybody dying before.
(d) The poet was not that close to her father as she was with her mother.
iii. The meaning of the phrase “ashen like that of a corpse” is _____.
1. Her mother was dull faced.
2. Her face was looking like a dead body.
3. Her face was lifeless.
4. Her face was happy.
5. Her face was insane.
Choose the most appropriate option.
(a) Only 2
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) Only 5
(d) 4 and 5
iv. Answer in ONE word.
v. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two
statements given below.
1. The poetess is happy in the poem.
2. The poetess was feeling sad while departing from her mother’s house.
(a) 1 can be inferred from the extract but 2 cannot.
(b) 2 can be inferred from the extract but 1 cannot.
(c) Both 1 and 2 can be inferred from the extract.
(d) 2 is the reason for 1 and can be inferred from the extract.
vi. Which of the following is an apt title for the extract?
(a) Fear of loss or separation
(b) Concern for motherhood
(c) Mother’s eternal love
(d) My parents
2. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 4 = 4
2.A DERRY : You needn’t think they haven’t all told me that fairy story before. ‘It’s not
what you look like,
it’s what you are inside. Handsome is as handsome does. Beauty loved the monstrous
beast for himself
and when she kissed him, he changed into a handsome prince.’ Only he wouldn’t, he’d
have stayed a
monstrous beast. I won’t change.
(On the Face of It)
i. List the playwright’s purpose of using contractions in the extract.
ii. Which literary device has been used in ‘handsome is as handsome does’?
(a) Alliteration
(b) Repetition
(c) Personification
(d) Simile
iii. Select the option that best describes the synonym of ‘monstrous’ in the extract.
(a) Beast (b) Love
(c) Prince (d) handsome
iv. Why does Derry say ‘I won’t change’?
O
2.B “But you understand it was not lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked
anxiously at his
doctor “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you?”
“Certainly, Your
Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in the palm of
his hand and
that as a consequence he himself was perfectly safe. “I can swear to your loyalty,
Excellency,” he said
to the old General, “and to your zeal against the enemy.” “You are a good man,” the
General murmured
and closed his eyes.” “You will be rewarded.” But Sadao, searching the spot of black in
the twilighted
sea that night, had his reward.
(The Enemy)
i. List the playwright’s purpose of using inverted commas (“ ”) in this extract.
ii. Select the option that completes the given sentence appropriately.
The speaker of the first line in the given extract is _____.
(a) Dr. Sadao
(b) The General
(c) Hana
(d) The White Man
iii. Which of the following does NOT deliver the meaning of the word ‘comprehended’?
(a) Understood
(b) Grasped
(c) Perceived
(d) Disregarded
iv. Why did the General want Sadao to be rewarded?
3. Attempt ANY ONE of two extracts given. 1 # 6 = 6
3.A The next morning the ironmaster and his daughter got up in good season to go to the
early Christmas
service. Their guest was still asleep, and they did not disturb him. When, at about ten
o’clock, they drove
back from the church, the young girl sat and hung her head even more dejectedly than
usual. At church
she had learned that one of the old crofters of the ironworks had been robbed by a man
who went around
selling rattraps.
“Yes, that was a fine fellow you let into the house,” said her father. “I only wonder how
many silver
spoons are left in the cupboard by this time.”
(The Rattrap)
i. Select the option that completes the given sentence appropriately.
“They” in the given context would refer to _____.
(a) Edla and Peddler
(b) Edla and her father
(c) Peddler and Ironmaster
(d) Edla and Valet
ii. Select the suitable word from the extract to complete the following analogy.
Early : late :: old : _____.
iii. Select the correct option to fill in the blank.
The young girl is dejected because _____.
(a) She has been scolded.
(b) She has been cheated.
(c) She felt ashamed having gone against her father.
(d) She felt sad.
(a) The peddler moves wearily from one place to another for selling rattraps.
(b) The peddler is an honest man and like Edla.
(c) The peddler is a friend of Edla’s father.
(d) The peddler is a short man lost in his own imagination.
v. Identify the textual clue that allows the reader to infer that the peddler is a thief.
vi. Complete the sentence with an appropriate explanation, as per the extract.
The reason of the young girl’s disappointment was _____.
(a) She, herself
(b) Her father
(c) The crofter
(d) The ironmaster

3.B Together they have imposed the baggage on the child that he cannot put down.
Before he is aware, he
accepts it as naturally as his father. To do anything else would mean to dare. And daring
is not part of
his growing up. When I sense a flash of it in Mukesh I am cheered. “I want to be a motor
mechanic,’
he repeats. He will go to a garage and learn. But the garage is a long way from his home.
“I will walk,”
he insists. “Do you also dream of flying a plane?” He is suddenly silent. “No,” he says,
staring at the
ground. In his small murmur there is an embarrassment that has not yet turned into
regret. He is content
to dream of cars that he sees hurtling down the streets of his town. Few airplanes fly over
Firozabad.
(Lost Spring)
i. What is the most likely reason Mukesh want to be his own master?
This could be because _____.
(a) He does not want anyone else to tell him what he needs to do.
(b) He wants to be a motor mechanic.
(c) He wants to be a famous bangle seller.
(d) His father wants him to be a famous bangle seller.
ii. Fill in the blank with reference to the context.
In the given extract, ‘he’ refers to _____.
iii. On the basis of the extract, choose the correct option with reference to the two
statements given below.
1. Mukesh wants to be the one in charge of his feelings and emotions.
2. He insists on being his own master.
(a) 1 can be inferred from the extract but 2 cannot.
(b) 1 cannot be inferred from the extract but 2 can.
(c) 1 is true but 2 is false.
(d) 2 is the reason for 1.
iv. Rationalize to support the given opinion.
He could just teach them the art of bangle making.
v. Replace the underlined word with its synonym from the extract.
Firozabad is the centre of India’s glass blowing factory.
vi. “I” in the statement “When I sense a flash of it in Mukesh I am cheered.” Refers to
_____.